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( Mod 0LIVER BARREL HEAD No. 337,984. Patented Mar. 16, 1886.

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UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

FRANCISCO J. OLIVER, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK.

BARREL-HEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,984, dated March 16, 1886.

Application filed January 22, 1886.

T0 (LIZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANoIsco J. OLIVER, (Spanish subject,) of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Barrel-Head, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved barrel-head which can be easily placed and locked in position on a finished barrel or removed from the same without disturbing the hoops, so as to facilitate the inspection, filling, or emptying of the barrel.

Theinvention consists ofa barrel head made in several pieces, of which the middle piece is halved, of alock for the middle piece, of a shoe, and of a peculiarly-shaped eroze in the staves of the barrel.

The invention also consists in various parts and details and combinations of 'the same, as willbe described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the barrel and the barrel-head before being locked in position, part of the barrel being broken away. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the barrelhead locked on the barrel. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail view,

The barrel-head A is made of three pieces, B, O, and D, of which the center piece, 0, is made in two parts, 0 and C the part 0 having on its inner end the projection a,which fits into a corresponding groove, b, in the inner end of the other part, The part 0 is provided on its top with a bolt, E, near the pro- The periphery of the barrel-head may be made with the usual bevel, which fits into a corresponding croze in the staves of the barrel G, or may have a beveled periphery and corresponding eroze in the barrel, as shown in the drawings, in which the head A is provided with the annular bevels H and H, which are separated by an annular groove, H and the croze I in the staves F is similarly formed by the beveled grooves l and I separated by the annular ridge 1*. A slightly-dished plate, J,

beveled on its outer ends, is provided with an Serial No..189,375. (No model.)

aperture in its center, which fits over the bolt E on the part 0 of the center piece. Directly above the latter, on each side of the barrel, are placed opposite each other the shoes K K, fastened to the beveled upper edges of the staves F, and projecting inward slightly from the said staves.

The head is placed in position as follows: The peripheries of the side pieces, B and D, are placed in the croze formed in the staves of the barrel in the usual manner, and the bevels of the pieces 0 and O of the center piece, C, are placed in the croze directly under the shoes K, their inner ends, a and b, are fitted into each other and the pieces pressed downward, so as to form a straight piece, thereby completing the barrel-head A. The locking-plate J is then placed transversely over the center part, 0, receiving in its aperture the bolt E, and then turned over the center piece, 0, so as to cover the same, at the same time placing the outer end of the lockingpieceJ under the beveled projections of the shoes K. The nut E is then tightly screwed on the bolt against the loekingpiece J, whereby the entire head A is firmly locked and fastened in the barrel.

The head A can be removed from the barrel G without disturbing the hoops by unscrewing the nut E and swinging the locking-plate J around on the bolt E untilits outer ends become free from the projections of the shoes K. The locking-plate is then lifted off and the center piece, 0, is raised, the bolt E serving as a handle, until the projection a is free from the groove 1), so that the pieces 0 and O can be taken out. The other parts, B and D, are removed from the barrel by sliding them inward until their peripheries leave the croze in the barrel-staves.

It will be seen that the double croze in the barrel-staves and the corresponding bevels in the barrel-head insure a very tight and wellfitting head.

A packing, N, of rubber, cork, or other suitable material, is placed in the groove H of the barrel-head, so as to form a very tight joint between the annular ridge 1 and the bevelsH and H of the head A.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent a a bolt attached to one half of the center piece,

1. A barrelhead consisting of three or more 1 pieces, of which the center one is halved, in combination with a locking-piece swinging on and with shoes secured to the staves of the barrel, substantially as shown and described.

2. A barrel-head consisting of three or more pieces provided on their peripheries with two beveled edges separated by a groove, of which pieces the center one is halved, in combination with a barrel having a croze made of two annular bevels separated by an annular ridge, shoes provided with projections and placed opposite each other, and alocking-plate swinging on a bolt attached to one of the halves of the center pieces, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The barrel-head A, provided with the cen-- ter half-pieces, C and O", having, respectively, a projection, a, and a groove, b, on their inner and the locking-piece J, turning on the bolt E,

substantially as herein shown and described.

4. The barrel-head A, provided with the center piece, 0, made'in two parts, 0 and O, the barrel-staves F, and the shoes K, in combination with thelocking-plate J, turning on a bolt,

E, and held in position by the shoes K, and a nut, E. substantially as herein shown and described.

FB-ANCISCO' J. OLIVER. 

